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| Thread ID: 84120 | 2007-10-25 02:31:00 | nz adsl only getting worse? | LOWTEC (7821) | Press F1 |
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| 605046 | 2007-10-25 02:31:00 | this may have been discussed before but i couldnt find anything specifically. It seems to me since the local loop was unbundled and we were promised essentially that our **** broadband was going to get better its only got worse? from what I can tell plans have got worse this year (similar price and half the data cap- xtra, slingshot, ihug...) and I have constantly got slower speeds on an apparently "as fast as your line can go" connection then I use to on a 2mb/128kb connection. have other people encountered this? or is it just my bad luck? |
LOWTEC (7821) | ||
| 605047 | 2007-10-25 02:42:00 | firstly the unbundling hasnt happened yet apart from trial sites, so no effect there. Secondly as more customers join up and existing customers use their net more, the demand on the network increases slowing everyone down until the ISP upgrades their network. As far as the phrase "as fast as your line can go" is concerned it should read something more like " as fast as your line and our overloaded network allows " or " as fast as your line allows for 30 seconds at 3am on a tuesday morning " If you try hard you may detect a little bitterness, although I do think NZ'rs are a bit unrealistic in their expectations, wanting first rate broadband at the cheapest possible price with a nationwide market smaller than many overseas cities and a lot of difficult terrain too deal with. Personally I'd be happy with consistent speeds at a fair price, most of the time 256-512 MB would suit me fine if it worked properly. I get good speeds at times on go-large, but it seems completely incapable of streaming a u-tube video. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 605048 | 2007-10-25 02:45:00 | Depends what ISP you're with. Xnet is ok, but does go slow usually at 9 pm + for me. Might be the traffic / amount of people. Besides that its fine. Altho, it may depend on WHAT you do. I dont play games or do P2P programs. So might be one reason, why I dont notice slower speeds (besides downloading updates etc). |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 605049 | 2007-10-25 03:21:00 | ... I get good speeds at times on go-large, but it seems completely incapable of streaming a u-tube video. I get very good downloads on utube most of the time. Every now and again it gets slow... But then I am the only one on go-large left in Te Awamutu! :thumbs: |
zcc (50) | ||
| 605050 | 2007-10-25 04:24:00 | IBut then I am the only one on go-large left in Te Awamutu! :thumbs: How do you know that? :confused: |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 605051 | 2007-10-25 06:16:00 | oh whoops i didn't realize it hadn't happened yet:blush:, ive heard good things about xnet so im quite tempted to change to them. I guess we may be asking too much but imo we still deserve better internet than we get compared to the rest of the developed world. | LOWTEC (7821) | ||
| 605052 | 2007-10-25 07:07:00 | I don't know what everyone is complaining about... 20:30, and I'm nearly hitting 800KB/sec (www.imagef1.net.nz). :thumbs: Oh, and I'm on the Xnet FS/FS plan. |
stephen (9719) | ||
| 605053 | 2007-10-25 20:04:00 | Stephen does the UC on your profile mean University of Canterbury? What suburb are you in for that speed, if your in Ilam thats the most congested hub in the city. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 605054 | 2007-10-25 20:44:00 | Stephen does the UC on your profile mean University of Canterbury? What suburb are you in for that speed, if your in Ilam thats the most congested hub in the city. Yes, it does. I flat on Fendalton Rd, and we are on the Fendalton exchange. |
stephen (9719) | ||
| 605055 | 2007-10-25 20:50:00 | That entire area is hit hard by connections, fendalton, ilam, riccarton, merivale etc etc I wouldn't be hesitating to blame your speed on Xnet |
DeSade (984) | ||
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